from nagar palika to mahanagarpalika: navsari’s in gujarat new sustainability mobility ambition
Tucked between the Purna River and the emerging industrial corridors of South Gujarat, Navsari has long been a city overshadowed by its giant neighbour, Surat. But 2025 changed that calculus in a fundamental way. On January 1, 2025, the Gujarat government elevated Navsari from a Nagar Palika (municipality) to a full-fledged Mahanagarpalika (Municipal Corporation), one of nine newly created urban bodies in the state and, with it, appointed the city's first-ever Municipal Commissioner: IAS officer Dev Choudhary How Commissioner Dev Choudhary is steering Gujarat's newest municipal corporation toward smarter, greener, and more people-friendly streets The...
Walking Into the Future: How Pimpri Chinchwad Is Reinventing Its Streets
In one of India's fastest-growing industrial cities, a quiet revolution is underway on footpaths, cycle tracks, and shaded boulevards. Can...
Public Art or Public Disconnect? Reimagining Ahmedabad’s Urban Experience
Ahmedabad is a city of stories—woven through its pols, markets, and riverfront walks. But pause for a second: when was...
“AmdavadNXT” Charts the Path for Integrated Public Mobility for Commonwealth Games–Ready Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad, Feb 21, 2026: Highlighting public mobility as the foundation of a Viksit Bharat, Shri Banchhanidhi Pani (IAS), Municipal Commissioner...
Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) to host AmdavadNXT, a one-of-its-kind Public Exhibition on City Mobility
Ahmedabad, 12 February, 2026: In view of Ahmedabad’s preparations to position itself on the global stage with the upcoming 2030 Commonwealth Games,...
Ahmedabad’s ₹17,018 Crore Gambit: A Budget Built for Commonwealth Glory & Making City SAIF
Ahmedabad, February 4, 2026 – The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has unveiled its most ambitious budget yet—a staggering ₹17,018 crore proposal for...
Ahmedabad Reflects on “Lost Talents” at World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (WDoR) 2025 Organnized at CEE.
Ahmedabad observed the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (WDoR) 2025 with a clear message: road crashes continue...
india’s tryst with designing pedestrian-friendly streets
Pondy Bazaar, has been Chennaites’ most sought after shopping destination for several decades, long before the large shopping malls sprung...
ahmedabad opens people friendly happy street
The two-decade-old Khau Gali, the gastronomy high-street of Ahmedabad, has returned in a new avatar as “Happy Street Ahmedabad" after...
electric buses making inroad in cities in india
The urban mobility sector in India is presently facing various challenges such as increasing private vehicle ownership, degrading air quality,...
why affordable housing in gujarat is a riddle?
When in 2012, Gujarat Housing Board (GHB) reappeared in front of the people and the media after almost a decade...
god is in the market: is city planning in india getting hijacked by free-market overtures?
In the summer of 2015, the Narendra Modi government announced the 100 Smart Cities Mission. Once the list of cities...
making walkability in vogue in india, still a far cry
In the growing urban centres of today’s world, accessibility and walkability have become one of the growing concerns. Accessibility, in...
decoding india’s e-mobility policy & future landscape
In a rapidly transforming mobility paradigm, India has some inherent strengths and comparative advantages. The country also has a little...
understanding the social cost of climate-change in india
Based on the IPCC 2018 report, it is estimated if trends in climate change and land holdings in India continue...
what nations can learn from australia bushfire?
We have seen enough of what has been happening in forests of Amazon, US state of California and more significantly...
what’s in store for sustainability, corporate social responsibility and climate action in budget2020
Indian budget, Budget2020, preparation process now over and to be presented on the floor of the parliament by the Union...
